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(RNS) Some Major League Baseball teams are opening their seasons on Friday, setting up a scheduling conflict with Jews observing Passover and Christians marking Good Friday. By Daniel Burke
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Christian - Catholic, Christian - Orthodox, Christian - Protestant
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baseball, good friday, passover
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